Ribbon fastener



RIBBON FASTENER Nov. 24 ,K 1925 Fild sept. 18.` 1924 i l r f 5 f 5 n n a n 5 5 n d l n n f n n n f 5 a F2756 l @f5 INVENTOR `ljatented Nov. i 24, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE;v

DAVID PHILLIPS, OF COLLEGE POINT, NEX/V YORK.

RIBBON FASTENER.

Application filed September 18, 1924. Serial No. 738,341..

T0 all ywhom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Dnvm Pi-i'iLLirs, a citizen of the United States, residingl at College Point, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ribbon Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fastening devices for strip material wound upon a block or the like, and has particular reference to a means for quickly and reliably securing the free end of a roll, and regardless of the angular position of said end. l

innong the objects of this invention is to provide a flexible fastening means for the free end of a roll wound upon a block or the like which is operative without disiiguring or marking the material of which said roll is composed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a flexible fastening means for the free end of a roll wound upon a block or the like which is simple in construction and readily operative regardless of the angular position of said free end.

Still another object of this invention is to provide simple and efficacious fasteningl means for said flexible fastening means to render the same operative as aforesaid.

More specifically, one of the primary obliects is to provide fastening means for the free end of a roll wound upon a block which may be readily applied in the factory and subsequently manipulated by the store clerk for the removal of a strip of ribbon.

lVitli the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which-' Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention as applied for commercial use.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the detailed construction and method of applying my invention.

Fig. 3 shows a detached view of the fastenino device.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings 10 represents a conventional block which is preferably of hollow cylindrical forni and is made of cardboard or like niaterial. found upon it is a roll consisting of a fabric or ribbon 11' and the protecting and guiding strip 12 which usually consists of paper and is wound in the usual manner relatively to the ribbon. I

A ribbon fastener for the free end 11a of the roll comprises a flexible strap member 13 which, while it may in general be made of any suitable material, consists preferably of an elastic composition. Fasteners or clips la and 15 are attached to said flexible strap member in a convenient manner, as by piercing the saine at the ends thereof as shown. These fasteners are formed in any suitable manner and so as to be adapted to readily pierce the end walls of the cylindrical block aforesaid for the purpose 'of engagement therewith. Since the free end of the roll is likely to" be at any angular position along the periphery of the roll, depending upon the point at which the ribbon is severed in supplying a customers ,demand, it is essential that the device for securing said free end be operative at any an* guiar position according to the position of the free end as aforesaic. An essential feature of this invention is therefore the arrangement of the fasteners 14 and 15 for securing this object. More specifically, it will be observed that the fastener 15 is secured in substantially central or axial relation to the block l() at an end thereof, whereby the strap 13 is in effect pivotally mounted at said central point, since the fastener provides for rotation of the strap whereby said strap may be used at any angular position relative to said point. The fastener 14 on the other hand is located upon the oppo site end of the block and at any point thereon but preferably in spaced relation to the axis of the block, the precise position being immaterial and being governed largely by the length of the strap, the thickness of the roll, and the tension under which the operator places the elastic member. While the fastener 15 remains continuously in attachment with the block, the fastener 14 is re* movable from engagement therewith by being pulled outwardly in a direction parallel to the axis of the block,v whereby the fastening device ispopened for permitting a strip of ribbon to Vbe severed from the roll.

Any possibility of losing the fastening deviceis moreover precluded by this arrangement, but the device is always at hand.

To insure proper engagement of the fastening means 15 with the block said fastener is provided with a flat dart shaped point 15a or the like at the end of the shank 15b which is preferably about equal in length to the thickness'of the end wall of the block, thereby insuring that the head or shoulder portions of the dart will abut against said end wall of the block for snug engagement therewith. The flat dart provides for easy piercing yof the block end for insertion, but the incision so made is so narrow and small that the dart will not pull out in usual practice. The fastener 14e is in the nature of a pin having a stem formed with a detent or lock 14a for engagement in like manner with the opposite end of the block while at the same time permitting the disengagement of the pin lli and fastener from the block to permit removal of a portion of ribbon as aforesaid. The fastener 14: is provided with a large round head for easy removal and to distinguish it from the other fastener which'has a flat head. The pin 11i may be passed easily through any point of the strap 13, the more readily to adapt the effective length of the strap to various widths of rib bons or varying diameters of the same roll or different rolls.

The superiority and increased utility of this invention over the prior art is particularly evident, if in addition to the advantages hereinbefore set forth, it be borne in mind that the fastening means included in this invention permits of use upon the narrowest ribbon on the market which is but one quarter of an inch wide and which is rolled upon paper one half inch wide, while the fasteners at present upon the market which are adapted to lie between adjacent layers of the paper so as to grip the same can not be used upon such narrow rolls. Or if they could be so used they would damage the ribbon. Since a great quantity of ribbons, especialy ofthe cheaper grades and all ribbons used for manufacturing purposes, are rolled upon a block without paper between the layers of ribbon, the fasteners in the prior' art, if used in -the manner usual in that art, would be applied directly to the ribbon and mutilate portions thereof and thereby constitute an enormous amount of waste.

I claim:

The herein described adjustable fastener for the end of a roll of ribbon for use upon a hollow block, the same comprising a flexible strap member, a flat dart pointed pin for piercing one end of the strap and securing it against one end of the block, said pin having a fiat head, and a detachable' fastener pin for the remote end portion of the strap for connecting the same detachably to the opposite end of the block, the latter pin being adapted to pierce through any desired point of the strap according to the effective length thereof and having a bend formed therein between the point and the head thereof to prevent accidental pulling loose thereof.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

DAVID PHILLIPS. 

